Classic line cards may be deployed in both classic and E-Series chassis with either classic Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engines or with the Catalyst 4500 E-Series Supervisor.

The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series GE Fiber line cards offer the ability to scale in 12 and 24 port increments and a density of 200 GE ports/ system. 10G Fiber line cards offer flexibility for GE and 10G, ability to scale in 6 and 12 port increments and a density of 100 10G ports/ system.

Power over Ethernet Line Cards

The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series offers several line cards that interoperate with both IEEE 802.3af (PoE) and IEEE 802.3at (PoEP) compliant devices. Both classic and E-Series line cards offer PoE+ options supporting up to 30W of inline power per port.